Violetta Villas
The story of Poland’s most-renowned music diva, whose talent and passion elevated her onto the greatest stages of Paris and Las Vegas, told from the point of view of her son, an innocent bystander witnessing the rise and fall of a star. Fighting for his mother’s love, he loses against her addiction to freedom, career and medication. Paradoxically, her rejection saves him.
The film is the director’s feature-length debut.
Credits
director
screenplay
cinematography
set design
costumes
make-up
sound
editing
casting director
cast
Sandra Drzymalska, Antoni Rembelski, Antoni Tyszkiewicz, Kazimierz Radziejewski, Jowita Budnik, Dorota Kuduk, Cezary Łukaszewicz, Borys Szyc, Mateusz Banasiuk
music (arrangements of songs by Violetta Villas)
Marcin Masecki
SFX make-up
Thomas Foldberg
production
Lava Films
producers
Mariusz Włodarski, Agnieszka Wasiak
co-produced by
Krzysztof Gospodarek, Contrast Films, PFX, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, EC1 Łódź – Miasto Kultury, Instytucja Filmowa Silesia Film
production management
Luiza Skrzek
co-financed by
Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Bułgarskie Narodowe Centrum Filmowe, Eurimages, Kreatywna Europa MEDIA
distributed by
Kino Świat
Accessibility
Blind people can access audio description for the film via the Kino Dostępne app.
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Main Competition
See the programme sectionThere are 16 films in the Main Competition at the 51st Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Among them are five feature-length directing debuts.
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Main Competition AwardedLiquid Statesdir. Maria Wider85’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedHot Spotdir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska100’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedA Free Womandir. Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński80’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedLess of a Strangerdir. Kristoffer Rus125’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedOur Revolutiondir. Piotr Domalewski125’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedFatherlanddir. Paweł Pawlikowski82’ / 2026 -
Main CompetitionGorky Resortdir. Łukasz Palkowski113’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedTell Me What You Feeldir. Łukasz Ronduda102’ / 2026 -
Main Competition AwardedThrough the Walldir. Maciej Sobieszczański120’ / 2026 -
Main CompetitionPicasso's Mermaiddir. Janusz Zaorski95’ / 2026 -
Main CompetitionWinter of the Crowdir. Kasia Adamik112’ / 2025